WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.960 --> 00:00:03.240 Good morning, good morning, good morning, and walcome, welcome, welcome. 2 00:00:03.240 --> 00:00:05.799 It's time now for our community connection right here on K one, the 3 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:10.000 one you try to stand today. It's a really big shoe because we got 4 00:00:10.000 --> 00:00:14.199 Big Brothers, Big Sisters in the studio. How are we doing, Charlene, 5 00:00:14.240 --> 00:00:17.800 do just fine? Thank you. Well, we've got big things to 6 00:00:17.800 --> 00:00:22.120 talk about. But first thing first, let's kind of re equate everybody with 7 00:00:22.199 --> 00:00:25.079 Big Brothers, Big Sisters and what the mission is all about, because we 8 00:00:25.120 --> 00:00:28.079 hear the name all the time, but some folks kind of like, I 9 00:00:28.120 --> 00:00:30.519 think I know what it is. Go ahead, Well, Big Brothers, 10 00:00:30.519 --> 00:00:39.520 Big Sisters facilitates one to one mentoring matches, mantoring relationships between adults and vulnerable 11 00:00:39.560 --> 00:00:45.159 youth in our community to help those youths have a promise of a brighter future. 12 00:00:45.840 --> 00:00:50.039 That's kind of a big test, but it works out well because so 13 00:00:50.079 --> 00:00:53.359 many of our big stick around. They do. And you know, I've 14 00:00:53.399 --> 00:01:00.600 been here thirty four years this year and she started to choose too. It 15 00:01:00.719 --> 00:01:06.879 is. It's amazing. It's but when you're in a community that long and 16 00:01:07.159 --> 00:01:11.799 you see I see littles that came through our program who are members of our 17 00:01:11.879 --> 00:01:18.480 community who you know, are contributing back to the community. Sometimes they've come 18 00:01:18.480 --> 00:01:23.239 back in to be bigs, so you see the whole cycle. And we 19 00:01:23.680 --> 00:01:30.640 always knew that big brothers, Wood sisters mentoring worked, but the research proves 20 00:01:30.840 --> 00:01:34.680 it proves it out that it is an effective intervention for breaking the cycle of 21 00:01:34.719 --> 00:01:41.519 generational poverty, the cycle of incarceration, and just generally setting kids up to 22 00:01:41.560 --> 00:01:46.280 do better in life. And for anybody who's had a mentor, and most 23 00:01:46.280 --> 00:01:51.680 of us successful adults, most of them have had somebody who mentored them along 24 00:01:51.719 --> 00:01:57.519 the way, and you recognize what the difference was that that person made in 25 00:01:57.519 --> 00:02:00.120 your life. And that's what our mentors do for the kids in our community 26 00:02:00.799 --> 00:02:05.400 exactly. And we need a few more of them, Oh, yes, 27 00:02:05.480 --> 00:02:12.479 we do. We have. Our waiting list is shrinking because we're making matches. 28 00:02:13.479 --> 00:02:16.400 So that is the good news. The other news, good news, 29 00:02:16.479 --> 00:02:22.080 depending on who you are, is that we are recruiting littles, particularly girls. 30 00:02:22.879 --> 00:02:28.240 So if you are a single parent or know a single parent or grandparents 31 00:02:28.360 --> 00:02:32.840 raising kids and they are eligible for our service, and we would be happy 32 00:02:34.199 --> 00:02:38.520 to talk with them. We actually have big sisters that are common in the 33 00:02:38.599 --> 00:02:44.520 queue that we will be available to match and our pool of girls. We've 34 00:02:44.560 --> 00:02:49.000 only got about four girls on the waiting list. And you need a pool 35 00:02:49.039 --> 00:02:52.759 to be able to get the best match because we match on the basis of 36 00:02:52.840 --> 00:02:57.879 personality, common intrust, what the child's needs are, and what the volunteer 37 00:02:57.960 --> 00:03:02.400 strengths are. So you need a selection to be able to find the best 38 00:03:02.599 --> 00:03:07.840 match of that child and that big Now, this is a great organization and 39 00:03:07.960 --> 00:03:12.479 this is a great mission, but it doesn't really run itself. We have 40 00:03:12.560 --> 00:03:15.080 to kind of do some things in order to keep the wheels turn in. 41 00:03:15.120 --> 00:03:17.479 And that's why you brought in a guest. That's that's try. We have 42 00:03:17.599 --> 00:03:23.360 two fundraisers full for kid's sake. We were in here in the first quarter 43 00:03:23.479 --> 00:03:28.919 talking about which which was very successful this year. It went back to pre 44 00:03:29.400 --> 00:03:34.840 twenty nineteen revenue. Thank you Lord, Yes, thank you to the community 45 00:03:34.960 --> 00:03:38.319 for it was wonderful one hundred and fifty thousand plus. Wow. And A 46 00:03:38.360 --> 00:03:44.800 Big Event is our other fundraiser, and it's our gala, our dinner and 47 00:03:44.879 --> 00:03:51.520 auction, and Christina and Craig Tate are the chairs for this year's event. 48 00:03:52.120 --> 00:03:57.960 The theme is Viva Las Vegas and I'll let you Christina talk a little bit 49 00:03:58.000 --> 00:04:01.080 about Okay. Great. First of all, Christina, welcome back to the 50 00:04:01.159 --> 00:04:04.199 radio station. I understand that once upon a moon you used to run around 51 00:04:04.199 --> 00:04:06.680 here when you were I did. Yes, it's great to be back. 52 00:04:06.879 --> 00:04:11.479 Oh great, it's great to have you back. Now we're talking about big 53 00:04:11.520 --> 00:04:14.439 things here with the big event, but it's also big fun too. Although 54 00:04:14.520 --> 00:04:17.560 we try to raise some big money, we also present some pretty big smiles 55 00:04:17.600 --> 00:04:23.240 too. Now this uh, we're going out to the big event, Viva 56 00:04:23.360 --> 00:04:26.040 Las Vegas. Tell us all about it. We're so excited to be a 57 00:04:26.079 --> 00:04:29.000 part of it. Craig and I had been a part of Big Brothers Big 58 00:04:29.040 --> 00:04:32.040 Sisters Bowl for Kid's Sake for a lot of years, and then when we 59 00:04:32.120 --> 00:04:35.399 had the opportunity to attend a big event one year, we really learned the 60 00:04:35.480 --> 00:04:40.560 impact that Big Brothers Big Sisters had on the community, and we it was 61 00:04:40.600 --> 00:04:43.079 a no brainer for us to get involved. So we're so excited about this 62 00:04:43.120 --> 00:04:46.360 event. So Charlene didn't have to do any arm twisting at all. It 63 00:04:46.439 --> 00:04:49.639 just felt right. Well, I like it. That's great. You see 64 00:04:49.639 --> 00:04:51.920 that. You know, it all kind of speaks for itself. You know, 65 00:04:51.959 --> 00:04:56.079 you've got a great reputation and got a great things going. And you 66 00:04:56.120 --> 00:05:00.759 know in success feeds on success too, I think you I do. Yeah, 67 00:05:00.959 --> 00:05:01.959 Now we're going to do this out of the country club, correct, 68 00:05:02.519 --> 00:05:08.199 we are, oh wow? Right? And the focus is the theme is 69 00:05:08.279 --> 00:05:12.319 Viva Las Vegas. The focus is more on the entertainment side, not hambling. 70 00:05:13.680 --> 00:05:18.879 And our entertainment this year is Anginette in the evolution Jette webs I opened 71 00:05:18.920 --> 00:05:27.240 for her at it as sun Fast Awesome, and then her sister Ashley Elmore 72 00:05:27.439 --> 00:05:30.519 is going to make a guest appearance as well. Wonderful, so kind of 73 00:05:30.560 --> 00:05:35.240 replicating how when you go to Vegas you go to different entertainment shows and so 74 00:05:35.399 --> 00:05:39.879 we think that that will be that will be really fun. And one of 75 00:05:39.879 --> 00:05:43.199 the new things we're adding the shirts we've always we always have a wine pull 76 00:05:43.240 --> 00:05:46.920 fact career, the ones who started the wine pole. Yeah here now everybody 77 00:05:47.000 --> 00:05:54.079 has one. But we're doing a bourbon pole. So I guess that's the 78 00:05:54.120 --> 00:05:58.120 trend. I know nothing about it, but I could give you some hints 79 00:05:58.199 --> 00:06:01.800 at what. I guess it's the trending thing today. So and you know 80 00:06:01.839 --> 00:06:04.879 we like to we like to start those trends. Oh yeah, there you 81 00:06:04.959 --> 00:06:09.480 go. We're going to add that in and we'll have our silent auction. 82 00:06:09.920 --> 00:06:14.240 We've got some nice live auction items. And Christina, do you want to 83 00:06:14.279 --> 00:06:19.519 talk about the auction item that you're bringing to the table. Yes, Um, 84 00:06:19.720 --> 00:06:24.079 we're excited. Well, we have two club seats available to the Bok 85 00:06:24.240 --> 00:06:28.920 Center to a concert in the twenty twenty three seasons, so we're excited to 86 00:06:28.959 --> 00:06:30.959 be giving that away. That'll be a good one. There's all kinds of 87 00:06:30.959 --> 00:06:34.639 really good auction items this year that we're really excited to see. One thing 88 00:06:34.680 --> 00:06:42.680 I'm dying to ask our inside burns and jumpsuits allowed. I guess daring courage. 89 00:06:44.480 --> 00:06:48.000 The tire is cocktail casual or you can come come as elvis as yours. 90 00:06:49.480 --> 00:06:53.879 You just want to make sure I didn't want to be out of place. 91 00:06:56.639 --> 00:07:02.360 And um, Christina and Craig are also donating a skeet shoot at the 92 00:07:02.680 --> 00:07:06.800 v Yes, so Foul Play Hunt Club is our our private Hunt clubs, 93 00:07:06.800 --> 00:07:12.639 So we're excited to be donating a skeet shoot. We love using the club 94 00:07:12.680 --> 00:07:15.920 as an opportunity to give back to the community. So is this should be 95 00:07:15.959 --> 00:07:17.879 a good auction item. This sounds like it's going to be a lot of 96 00:07:17.879 --> 00:07:21.079 fun. It's going to be a little something for everyone and a lot of 97 00:07:21.120 --> 00:07:25.759 something for the kids when we're done right. And so we encourage people. 98 00:07:25.759 --> 00:07:30.639 We've got tickets available. We still have sponsorships available if anybody should want. 99 00:07:30.720 --> 00:07:34.879 And you know, a five hundred dollars sponsorship comes with two tickets. So 100 00:07:35.199 --> 00:07:41.439 if you're thinking about coming and you want to promote your business, or if 101 00:07:41.439 --> 00:07:45.240 you're an individual and you want to, you know, further support the mission 102 00:07:45.279 --> 00:07:48.199 with a sponsorship, a five hundred dollars sponsorship gets to that two tickets. 103 00:07:48.560 --> 00:07:57.120 It adds some to help support the event, and we really appreciate it. 104 00:07:57.439 --> 00:08:01.120 At presenting sponsor is a center Field Financial group. It's great to have them. 105 00:08:01.120 --> 00:08:05.040 One boy, yes, they were representing. They've been a presenting sponsor 106 00:08:05.079 --> 00:08:11.040 for I think three years. And our other top tier sponsors are Chronicle, 107 00:08:11.120 --> 00:08:18.839 Phillips, Philip sixty six Dsrum Dr. Okay, so the top two tiers. 108 00:08:20.160 --> 00:08:24.560 We got to keep these traditions going, yes, and we really appreciate 109 00:08:24.639 --> 00:08:31.200 our sponsors. They do help to offset the costs up and raise the additional 110 00:08:31.240 --> 00:08:35.919 money. Now, this is coming up on Saturday, August twelve, six 111 00:08:35.039 --> 00:08:41.000 pm, and we'll see you right there at the Hillcrest Country Club and you 112 00:08:41.039 --> 00:08:45.480 know, Christina and Craig are the event shares being sponsored by Centerfield Financial Group. 113 00:08:45.519 --> 00:08:48.960 As he said it, it's the big event va Las Vegas for big 114 00:08:50.000 --> 00:08:54.399 brothers, big sisters. This might be this might be one of the biggest 115 00:08:54.639 --> 00:09:01.320 events of the big events. Every say that, every so and it and 116 00:09:01.360 --> 00:09:05.360 it turns out that it usually is. Yeah, you are the MC last 117 00:09:05.399 --> 00:09:09.480 year, so I had a lot of fun. It was fun. It's 118 00:09:09.480 --> 00:09:11.960 a lot of fun, and I think that it'll be a lot of fun 119 00:09:13.000 --> 00:09:16.879 again this year. Oh it should be. We've got a good committee working 120 00:09:16.960 --> 00:09:22.600 on it and and then we'll we'll get past that and then we'll be into 121 00:09:22.639 --> 00:09:30.440 our fall recruitment and really recruiting, um more mentors. Our need is for 122 00:09:30.600 --> 00:09:33.799 men or couples. Our greatest need is men and couples to match with our 123 00:09:33.879 --> 00:09:41.600 boys and um So, you know this is a This is the part here 124 00:09:41.639 --> 00:09:46.480 where there are a lot of folks who might spot somebody that would be good 125 00:09:46.519 --> 00:09:52.320 for this, and the gentle nudge wouldn't hurt what it right, That's the 126 00:09:52.360 --> 00:09:56.960 best recruitment tool is one to one. It's a personal contact. So I 127 00:09:56.000 --> 00:10:00.840 would say, if you're listening and you're thinking and this it's not my thing 128 00:10:00.960 --> 00:10:05.519 or it's not the right time of my life. Then that's great. But 129 00:10:05.639 --> 00:10:09.879 I know that you know somebody who you can bring to mind that would be 130 00:10:09.879 --> 00:10:13.960 a good mentor a good friend to a young person in our community. He 131 00:10:15.080 --> 00:10:16.960 might just say to them, hey, I heard this on the radio. 132 00:10:18.399 --> 00:10:20.519 I know that they have a need. Have you ever thought about doing it? 133 00:10:20.799 --> 00:10:26.120 And you may be planting the seed or you may be. They may 134 00:10:26.159 --> 00:10:28.159 go, you know, I've been thinking about that for two years. I 135 00:10:28.159 --> 00:10:31.919 think it's time for me to do it. Because people don't just hear about 136 00:10:31.960 --> 00:10:33.919 it and do it. They think it is a commitment. We ask for 137 00:10:33.919 --> 00:10:37.080 a process. We ask for at least a one year commitment, so people 138 00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:41.440 think about it for a while. And so, as I tell our board, 139 00:10:41.519 --> 00:10:46.200 you know, you could be planting the seed and then the next person 140 00:10:46.240 --> 00:10:52.080 that comes along a year later will be harvesting the seed. So don't be 141 00:10:52.120 --> 00:10:56.480 discouraged when you don't get the yes right away, because that's not necessarily. 142 00:10:56.960 --> 00:10:58.720 If you get a yes right away, you're harvesting the seed somebody else, 143 00:11:00.000 --> 00:11:05.000 and even met you are. And so we just need to be planting seeds 144 00:11:05.039 --> 00:11:09.559 all the time with people because being a mentor is an important role. Our 145 00:11:09.679 --> 00:11:16.279 kids need it today more than ever and it's it is a way to change 146 00:11:16.279 --> 00:11:20.639 a life by just having some fun and showing up and being a cheerleader. 147 00:11:22.840 --> 00:11:26.240 Well, we want to thank Christina and Greig for being big cheerleaders for the 148 00:11:26.320 --> 00:11:28.159 Big eventent. Thank you. Yes, we're excited to be a part of 149 00:11:28.159 --> 00:11:31.279 it. Well that is great because I'm looking forward to This is really going 150 00:11:31.320 --> 00:11:35.480 to be a knockout. This will be on August twelve, six pm a 151 00:11:35.519 --> 00:11:39.000 hill Crest Country Club. And how do we get our tickets in advance? 152 00:11:39.039 --> 00:11:43.240 You know for folks who don't don't want to wait, well, they best 153 00:11:43.279 --> 00:11:46.840 get their tickets before Monday. Yeah, if they want to be included in 154 00:11:46.879 --> 00:11:54.200 account. So I would really encourage people to get their tickets now now by 155 00:11:54.240 --> 00:12:03.840 Monday would be good. The website is Big Event Bartlesville dot org. Big 156 00:12:03.840 --> 00:12:07.080 Event Bartlesville dot org really didn't remember or you can call our office will to 157 00:12:07.159 --> 00:12:11.679 be happy to You can go to Big Oklahoma dot org and click on events 158 00:12:11.879 --> 00:12:16.799 and you know it's five clicks in, but you can find it. Big 159 00:12:16.879 --> 00:12:20.240 Event Bartlesville dot org will get you right right to the page and I'll tell 160 00:12:20.240 --> 00:12:24.120 you a little bit more about the events and about big brothers, big sisters, 161 00:12:24.200 --> 00:12:28.639 and if you're thinking about being a big yourself, either a big brother, 162 00:12:28.679 --> 00:12:31.039 big sister, a big couple, and big couples are got a big 163 00:12:31.080 --> 00:12:35.000 these days. Go to the website as well. We can walk you through 164 00:12:35.039 --> 00:12:39.000 that. Yeah, Big Oklahoma dot org. There you go, and if 165 00:12:39.039 --> 00:12:43.039 you want to just talk about it first, you can put in you can 166 00:12:43.080 --> 00:12:46.080 do just like an inquiry and then we'll get back to you, or you 167 00:12:46.120 --> 00:12:50.840 can call our office. Great, thank you for coming in. Thanks for 168 00:12:50.840 --> 00:12:54.600 telling everybody about the big event coming up this way. I wish I had 169 00:12:54.600 --> 00:12:58.399 that echo big event. There we go anyway, Thank you, Charlene, 170 00:12:58.600 --> 00:13:01.840 Thank you very much. Christina. Apreciate you being with us today for our 171 00:13:01.879 --> 00:13:01.799 community connection.